Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Baku or West Palm Beach?
Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.
Choose Baku for
- prices
- culture and sights
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Baku’s own page.
Choose West Palm Beach for
- beaches
- nature and the outdoors
- families
What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and West Palm Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, 2 points apart
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Baku in July
West Palm Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Baku | West Palm Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language | - |
| Currency | Azerbaijan Manat (AZN) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | CF220 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+4 | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 102 or 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | -28 m | 6 m |
| Main airport | Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations | President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Baku | West Palm Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,300,500 | 117,415 |
| People per km² | 1,075 | 786 |
| Museums within 10 km | 50 | 4 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 4 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Baku or West Palm Beach somewhere new.